Animal Health Protection Act
Latest action · Oct 2, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10060-10064)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 2, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a veterinary accreditation program; (2) produce and sell sterile screwworms to foreign countries and international organizations; and (3) enter into reimbursable fee agreements for preclearance abroad of animals or articles for movement into the United States.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2001 to Feb 26, 2002; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-NC | Jesse Helms | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Oct 2, 2001 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Oct 9, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Oct 24, 2001 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Nov 28, 2001 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Dec 3, 2001 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | Dec 12, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 4, 2002 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Feb 6, 2002 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Feb 26, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Oct 2, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10060)
- Oct 2, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10060-10064)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10060Text printed S10060–S10064 | Tom Harkin D-IA (text) | Oct 2, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to consolidate and revise the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to protection of animal health.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Animal Health Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Animal diseases
- Animals
- Civil actions and liability
- Claims
- Clothing
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Agriculture
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Evidence (Law)
- Export controls
- Federal employees
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government service contracts
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Import restrictions
- Injunctions
- Interest
- International Affairs
- International agricultural cooperation
- Interstate commerce
- Law
- Licenses
- Limitation of actions
- Livestock
- Livestock industry
- Medical tests
- Minorities
- Overtime
- Pest control
- Pest management
- Preventive medicine
- Prosecution
- Protection of farm animals
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Salaries
- Searches and seizures
- Subpoena
- Transportation and Public Works
- User charges
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary medicine
- Warrants (Law)
- Worms
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
